Process for preserving green fodder



Patented Sept. 8, 1936 @NITE-u STATES assenza PATENT ortica PROCESS FOR PRESERVING GREEN FODDER Adolf standard, am rua, and wilhelm Staudermann', Frankfort-on-the-Main-Hochst, and Adolf Johannsen and Frits Spoun, Ludwigshafen-.on-the-Rhine, G

, assignors ermany to I. G. f Farbenindustrie kAktiengesellschaft, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany No Drawing; Application september' zo, 193s, `Serial No. 890.286. In Germany May 6, 1932 The present invention relates to agents and a process for preserving green fodder.

This invention is based on the observation tha green fodder can advantageously be preserved with the aid of a wetting agent. The latter may be used in conjunction with substances which are suitable for preserving green fodder in silos, such as, for instance, hydrochloricl acid, formic acid, y

lactic acid or the like. As wettingv agents there may be used those which have a good wetting action in an acid medium, particularly sulfonic acids or their salts, for instance those of substituted-v naphthalenes, such as lsopropylnaphthalenesulfonic acid, benzylnaphthalenesulfonicv acidl or. dibutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid or a naphthalenesulionic acid condensed with formrapidly. 'I'he preserving agent, therefore, has a very uniform and complete action. The propor- `tion of the preserving acid 'to the wetting agent may be varied within wide limits; generally, however, the amount of wetting agent used is much smaller than that of acid. If desired, the concentration of the acid may be lower than otherwise usual if a wetting agent is simultaneously F added.

It is also possible, to preserve green fodder in silos by using wetting agents alone, and entirely omitting-acids or other substances which have alreadybeenusedforthesamepurpose. Theuse 40 of wetting agents involves the advantage .that the green fodder becomes uniformly soaked with liquid so that the fodder packs tightly and access of air is prevented to a great extent. conse-'-VV quently the fermentation takes a favorable course and a fodder ofhigh value is obtained. As wetting agents there may be used besides those above named, for instance various lulfonated oils, asl

ence of a small amount of a wetting agent stable to acids. We have found that when the,i said substances are present the reaction of the sulfuryl chlorides with water, which otherwise only proceeds very slowly,` is accelerated to such an ex- 5 tent that it proceeds to `completion in a. short time and at room temperature. It is not even necessary to stir or agitate the liquid. In most' cases it is sufficient to add the wetting agent in amounts up to about 2 per cent. The wetting agent may 10 be added to the sulfuryl chloride or to the water or to both. This method allows of -a rapid, convenient, and safe manufacture of dilute acids from a substance which contains the said acids in a highly concentrated form and which may 15 easilyb packed and sent to the place of intended use in ordinary iron packings, such as pots, barrels, or tank wagons, without any danger of corrosion. A l

It is also possible to cause the sulfuryl chlorides 20 to react with water in the presence of wetting agents which are only temporarily stable to the aqueous hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid formed by the reaction and whichithen decompose with formation of products having no wet- 25 ting effect. Such wetting agents are, for instance, the sulfuric esters of high-molecular alcohols corresponding to the acids of fats and oils and also ester-like fatbodies with a true sulfo Agroup in the side chain, as the esters derived from high- 30 molecular fatty acids and oxyalkylsulfonic acids, etc. The use of wetting agents of the kind de scribed warrants a good moistening of the green fodder to be preserved; during the usual storage of the green fodder for several months, however, the wettingagent entirely decomposes in the acid medium while forming harmless decomposition products. 1

' Finally, instead of ready-made wetting agents there may also be used substances which under the action of the surfuryl chlorides and, if desired, with the` co-action of water, are converted into wettingv agents, which are at least temporarily stable to the aqueous acids formed. Such subi stances areabove all oxygen-containing organic compounds, for. instance, alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters land the' like, particularly the high-molecularcompounds, furthermore unsaturated orl aromatic hydrocarbons, their chloriy lnailed derivatives, etc. There may be named as examples: lauric acid, oleic acid. oleyl alcohol,

fats, sugars, dextrine. starch, benzene, their4 i homologues or chlorine derivatives. These suhstated:

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1. 100 kilos of young green fodder are moistened with 5 kilos of hydrochloric acid of 6 per cent. strength to which has been added 10 grams of sodium benzylnaphthalene-sulfonate. green fodder is filled in the usual manner into silos, no further treatment being necessary.

2. 100 kilos of green fodder are moistened when charged into a silo with 5 liters of a solution of 0.5 per cent. strength of sodium benzylnaphthalenesulfonate.

3. Into 95-parts of water there are introduced 5 parts of sulfuryl chloride ($02012) mixed with 0.5 per cent. of a wetting agent known under the trade-name of Nekal A, a polynaphthalene sulphonic acid, (cf. Ullmann, Enzyklopdie der technischen Chemie 2nd edition, volume 7, page 798). After a lfew seconds a vivid, but not explosive, reaction sets in which leads within about 1 to 2 minutes-with gentle heating to a complete transformation of the sulfuryl chloride 4into hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid. An aqueous acid solution is obtained the acidity of which corresponds to a hydrochloric acid solution of about 5 per cent. strength and which is distinguished by a good wetting effect. With the solution so obtained green fodder is preserved in silos in the usual manner.

4. Into 95 parts of water there are introduced 5 parts of a sulfuryl chloride mixed with 1%. of the sulfuric ester of the alcohols corresponding to the fatty acids of coconut oil w` ich mixture has preliminarily been stored for several Weeks. sulfuryl chloride is completely transformed in the course of a few minutes. of sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid is obtained, the acidity of which corresponds to a hydrochloric acid of about 5 per cent. strength.

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An aqueous solution aosaoa Instead of the above named sulfuric esters there may also be used additions of 0.5-1% of the sodium salt of the oleylhydroxyethane-sulphonic acid.

In both cases the esters are decomposed in the resultant dilute acide solution after some time. Green fodder is preserved in silos in the usual manner with the aid of the solution th prepared.

5. Into 95 parts of water there are introduced at ordinary temperature 5 parts of a sulfuryl chloride mixed with 4% of oleic acid. After several minutes the sulfuryl chloride is completely transformed. An aqueous acid solution is obtained the acidity of which corresponds to a hydrochloric acid solution of about 5 per cent. strength and which may advantageously be used for preserving green fodder. It is also possible to preserve green fodder in silos with a solution containing sulfuryl chloride to which 0.5 per cent. of a bitumen melting at 72 C. has been added.

We claim:

1. The process which comprises moistening green fodder with an aqueous liquid comprising a wetting agent having a wetting effect in acid solutions and an acid known to have a green fodder preserving effect.

2. The process which comprises moistening green fodder with an aqueous liquid comprising a wetting agent having a wetting effect in acid solutions and a mineral acid.

3. The process which comprises moistening green fodder with an aqueous liquid comprising a wetting agent having a wetting effect in acid solutions and a substance yielding mineral acids in the presence of water.

4. The process which comprises moistening green fodder with an aqueous solution of a strong mineral acid and a wetting agent of -the naphthalene sulfonic acid series.

5. The process which comprises moistening green fodder with an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride and benzylnaphthalene sulfonic acid.

6. The process which comprises moistening green fodder with an aqueous solution prepared by adding to water sulfuryl chloride and the sodium salt of isopropylnaphthalene sulfonic acid.

iADOLF STEINDORFF.

KASPAR PFAFF. WILHELM STAUDERMANN. ADOLF JOHANNSEN. FRITZ SPOUN. 

